Friday, August 9, 2013

Review: NOW AND ALWAYS by Charity Pineiro

Summary: Connie Gonzalez is a driven, ambitious woman who is one of the FBI’s best agents
and determined to prove herself in a man’s world. Assigned to the Miami Bureau,
Connie soon finds herself going undercover in Miami's glamorous South Beach
area. An injury throws her together with the very rich and tempting Dr. Victor
Cienfuegos. Victor is everything Connie should avoid, but despite the risks of
her work and allowing any distractions, Connie cannot deny the attraction
between herself and the sexy physician. Will danger keep them apart or is their
love strong enough to survive for now and always?Reviewed by: CeliaRating: 3 starsReview: Two lovely girls. One hot doctor.

Dr. Victor Cienfuego has been looking for a new receptionist
ever since his previous, incomparable one took maternity leave. So far, no one
has been able to keep his office running in an orderly and productive fashion.
But could young and inexperienced Carmen Gonzalez be exactly what he’s looking
for—as a receptionist and as a lover?
There was no denying the spark.

Carmen’s sister, Connie Gonzalez, is a smart, inquisitive FBI in-training
agent. She kind of reminded me of Mary Gross from the movie, Feds—she was the brainy, nerdy chick who
knew all of the police protocol but knew nothing about combat until she learned
that a nice, swift quick to the groin would always bring the jerks down. And it
seems that she might be just what the good doctor ordered.

Both raised as good, Catholic school girls, Carmen and Connie have
very different views on love and relationships. I could relate to Connie the
most especially since “she had always been so busy
with her ambitions, that she had paid little heed to the woman buried inside of
her.” (44) Always the shy spinster, she never paid the slightest bit of
attention to men…until Victor stepped up the plate.

Could a cop and a doctor make it work? Possibly, especially
since they both tend to live the same lifestyle—forever chained to a cell phone
for any sudden call of duty that could whisk them away in a second’s notice. Could they be any more perfect for each other?

Still, I could understand Connie’s uneasiness concerning his wealth
and good looks. I couldn’t, however, understand why she needed to turn into
this sex-starved vixen around him. Why can’t good girls stay good?

At first, I thought that this would involve some love triangle
between the doctor and the two sisters, especially since they both invoked the
same reaction from him. But it’s not the case at all. Perhaps it would’ve made
things a little more interesting by adding this potential conflict in the
story. But it’s your typically sweet, contemporary romance…except with a
uniquely crafted twist of hunting down a serial killer; although the focus
might’ve placed a little too heavily on the steamy, erotic romance than
anything else.

A short-paced novel with likable characters but with a conventional
plot.